Empty Bed Blues Lyrics - Bessie Smith - Bessie Smith

I woke up this morning with a awful aching head 

I woke up this morning with a awful aching head 

My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bed 

Bought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could find 

Bought me a coffee grinder that's the best one I could find 

Oh he could grind my coffee, cause he had a brand new grind 

He's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong 

He's a deep sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong 

He can stay at the bottom and his wind holds out so long 

He knows how to thrill me and he thrills me night and day 

Oh he knows how to thrill me, he thrills me night and day 

He's got a new way of loving, almost takes my breath away 

Lord he's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou 

He's got that sweet somethin' and I told my girlfriend Lou 

From the way she's raving, she must have gone and tried it too 

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When my bed get empty make me feel awful mean and blue 

When my bed get empty make me feel awful mean and blue 

My springs are getting rusty, sleeping single like I do 

Bought him a blanket, pillow for his head at night 

Bought him a blanket, pillow for his head at night 

Then I bought him a mattress so he could lay just right 

He came home one evening with his beret way up high 

He came home one evening with his beret way up high 

What he had to give me, make me wring my hands and cry 

He give me a lesson that I never had before 

He give me a lesson that I never had before 

When he got to teachin' me, from my elbow down was sore 

He poured my first cabbage and he made it awful hot 

He poured my first cabbage and he made it awful hot 

When he put in the bacon, it overflowed the pot 

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